 Contributor: Jim Shaffer.
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Issuer: | DECENTIUS, Caesar under his brother Magnentius in AD 351-353. AE Centenionalis. |
Obverse: | MAG. DECENTIVS NOB. CAES., Bare headed and cuirassed bust right. |
Reverse: | VICTORIAE D. D. N. N. AVG. ET CAE., Two victories standing facing each other, holding between them shield inscribed VOT. V MVLT. X. |
Reference: | Sear 4054 var. Grade: Extremely Fine. |
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For more information, read the "Decentius" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis. For recent scholarship on Decentius see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |